Posted on 10/20/2022 1:34:42 PM PDT by MtnClimber
Explanation: A now famous picture from the Hubble Space Telescope featured these star forming columns of cold gas and dust light-years long inside M16, the Eagle Nebula, dubbed the Pillars of Creation. This James Webb Space Telescope NIRCam image expands Hubble's exploration of that region in greater detail and depth inside the iconic stellar nursery. Particularly stunning in Webb's near infrared view is the telltale reddish emission from knots of material undergoing gravitational collapse to form stars within the natal clouds. The Eagle Nebula is some 6,500 light-years distant. The larger bright emission nebula is itself an easy target for binoculars or small telescopes. M16 lies along the plane of our Milky Way galaxy in a nebula rich part of the sky, toward the split constellation Serpens Cauda (the tail of the snake).
lol..
Our star once was part of a nebula in a stellar nursery and has probably drifted in and out of many over the years since.
I guess once near one we would be blasted by radiation and asteroids and comets. Fun times are a head.
#11 This is what you could see when looking thru an eyepiece.
Airplane II
https://youtu.be/yBRZSD3RgKI?t=132
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